KOCHARIAN: ARMENIA COUNTS ON INCREASE OF KAZAKH INVESTMENTS

PanARMENIAN.Net
06.11.2006 17:52 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia counts on increase of Kazakh investments
in its economy. RA Presisent Robert Kocharian said at a meeting with
Kazakh leader Nursultan Nazarbayev. "We are watching the investment
activities of Kazakh entrepreneurs and we welcome Kazakh business in
our region," the RA President said.

"Armenia would also like to expand humanitarian cooperation. The
resources are huge here and we see the genuine wish of the Kazakh
side to develop this cooperation," Robert Kocharian said.

"We are interested in cooperating with a state which occupies leading
positions in the Central Asian region. We are trying to gain such
positions in the South Caucasus," the Armenian leader said. For his
part Nursultan Nazarbayev remarked that there are no obstacles for the
development of the Armenian-Kazakh relations adding that Kazakhstan
is ready to expand bilateral ties, reports Kazakhstan Today.